> There is a pdp 11 troubleshooting guide on Bitsavers that covers the h742 > powersupply and regulators 744. 745, 754. Assuming that is what you have. > > They're all tough to work on especially the regulators but I agree with > Tony that you need to lock down the main suppl first.
I am not sure what you mean by 'tough to work on'. If it's a physical access problem then what I did was to obtain a spare 8 pin mate-n-lock plug and socket and make up a pin-pin wired extension lead about 1m long. Then I can take the brick out of the PSU, connected it via the extension lead and be able to probe it. I normally sit it on top of the CPU box of my 11/45, you get easily enough air flow from the fans to run it for testing. If it's that the circuits are complicated, well, remember these are swtiching regulators (not linear) but are a lot more repairer-friendly than most SMPSUs in that nothing in the brick is directly connected to the mains. -tony
